Simon Sturridge

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Simon Sturridge
Personal information
Full name	Simon Andrew Sturridge
Date of birth	December 9, 1969 (1969-12-09) (age 38)
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Youth clubs
1985–1988	Birmingham City
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988–1993 1993–1999 1999 1999–2000 2000	Birmingham City Stoke City → Blackpool (loan) Northampton Town → Shrewsbury Town (loan) Career	150 (30) 071 (14) 005 0(1) 018 0(1) 011 0(1) 255 (47)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Simon Andrew Sturridge (born December 9, 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He made more than 250 appearances in the Football League.

Sturridge was born in Birmingham. He joined home-town club Birmingham City as a trainee in 1985 and turned professional in 1988. He played 186 games in all competitions for the club and scored the first goal of the 1991 Leyland DAF Cup final in which Birmingham beat Tranmere Rovers 3–2. He spent six years with Stoke where he made nearly 100 appearances at scored 15 goals, and then had brief spells with Blackpool (on loan), Northampton Town and Shrewsbury Town (also on loan).

He is the brother of footballer Dean Sturridge and the uncle of footballer Daniel Sturridge.

[edit] References

• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, p. 127. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 
• Simon Sturridge career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
NAME	Sturridge, Simon Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1969-12-09
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH